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APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CARDS, GIRGULARS, OR OTHER I .LIKE MATTER.

No. 410,045. Patented u 2'1, 1889. 6 2 29.5. J ..j'.

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A. TABOUR.v APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING GARDS, GIRGULARS, OR OTHER LIKEMATTER.

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ANATOLE TABOUR,;OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CARDS, C|RCULARS, OR OTHER LIKE MATTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,045, dated August2'7, 1889.

Application filed May 23, 1889. Serial No. 311,823- (No model.) Patentedin France April 13, 1889, No. 184,319

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ANATOLE TABOUR, a citizen of the French Republic,residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Delivering Cards, Circulars, Papers, andother Like Matter, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France,dated April 13, 1889, No. 184,319 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and 2 arerespectively front and rear elevations of the apparatus. Figs. 3 and 4are sections taken respectively on lines mac and y y of Figs. 1 and 3;and Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the distributing or delivery wheel,showing the arrangement of one set of pins thereon,

This invention relates to apparatus for delivering business or othercards, advertisements, circulars, newspapers, &c., from a receptacle;and it consists in structural features and combinations of parts,substantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in theclaims.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple means forconveniently delivering business or other cards, or circulars, ornewspapers, or other like matter, from a suitable receptacle.

In the drawings, B is a rectangular box of any desired dimensions. Inthe bottom I) of the box is formed a transverse slot 1) for the passageof the cards, and a longitudinal slot b for the delivery-wheel to workin. The lid or cover B of the box B fits loosely into the same, andrests upon cleats 12 said lid being secured to the box by hooks and eyesI).

S is a coiled spring, one end of which is secured to the lid, orsaid endis, as shown in thedrawings, passed through the lid, and then bent intoa loop, so as to form a handle for said lid. The other end of the springS is secured to a follower F, that fits the interior of the box loosely.

W is the delivery-wheel that has projecting from its periphery a seriesof pins P and P, inclined in reverse directions, the plane ofinclination of the pins being tangents of a circle of smaller diameterthan the wheel, as shown in Fig. 5, the pins P acting as picker-pins,while the pins P act as carrier-pins and also as guards to prevent thepins P from penetrating too farinto or through the material. The wheel Whas its bearings in hangers 13*, secured to the underside of the box B,and to prevent injury to the pins or to a person by contact with suchpins I provide aguard-plate G, that, together with the box, inclosesorprotects a little more than one-half of the periphery of the wheel, asshown.

In front of the wheel W, I apply a guard and guide-finger G, ofsubstantially U shape, the lower cross-bar g thereof extending acrossthe face of the wheel W, in front of the edge of the guard G, thusforming a slot 8 for the cards or other matter to pass out. The guardand guide G is preferably made more or less elastic. This elasticityshould, however, be greater at or toward its lower end, where the matterdelivered by the wheel is pulled out, than at its upper end, and toimpart increased rigidity to the guard-finger at that end I employsprings g, the ends of which bear upon the vertical arms of saidguardfinger.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The matter to bedelivered-say, for instance, business-cardsbeing placed into the box Bbelow the follower, and the lid made fast, a half-turn is given to thewheel W by hand, which may be readily done, there being sufficient spacefor that purpose between the vertical arms of the guard-finger G. Thiswill bring the lowermost card into position, with its foremost edgeprojecting through slot 3. If, now, the card be pulled out, the wheel Wwill be revolved, and the next succeeding card in the box willfollow thecard being pulled out, so that the foremost edge of the second card willproject through the slot 8 after the removal of the first card, theoperation thus becoming automatic.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

with pins projecting from its periphery and operating upon the lowermostsheet or card in the holder to propel the same to or through thedelivery-slot, substantially as and for the,

purposes specified.

2. In an apparatus such as described, the combination, with a holderhaving a deliveryslot in its bottom, and a spring-actuated followeroperating to hold the matter to be de livered in proper position, of adelivery-wheel having pins projecting from its periphery and operatingthrough the bottom of the box upon the lowermost sheet or card in theholder, a guard for and encompassing said wheel, and arranged to form adeliveryslot through which the matter to be delivered is removed,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, with the box B, having slots 1) b in its bottom, andthe springactuated follower F, of the wheel WV, having pins P and Pprojecting from its periphery in reverse directions, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

4. The combination, with the box B, having slots 1) b in its bottom, andthe springactuated follower F, of the delivery-Wheel W, the guard G, andthe elastic U-shaped guard G, arranged relatively to each other, as toform a slot 8 between their outer ends, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, a delivery-Wheel WV, havingpins projecting from its periphery in reverse directions, with theirpoints in proximity to each other, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

6. .In an apparatus, of the class described, a delivery-wheel havingpins projecting from its periphery in reverse directions and on linestangential to a circle of smaller diameter than that of the wheel,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this9th day of May, 1889.

ANATOLE TABOUR.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC MATRAY, VICTOR MA RAY.

